Bismarck weekly tribune., 1887-09-16

TERRITORIAL NEWS.

Rapid City, on the basis of the school
census and directory, claims 5000 people.
Harry, son of Maj. Edwards of the Fargo
Argus, has begun collegiate course at the
Grand Forks university.
An attempt was made to wreck the Burr
Robins circus train Wednesday night be-
tween Scotland and Yankton.
The New Era at New Rockford is
launched upon the sea of Dakota journal
ism, with n. o. Tanning editor and G. r.
Garfield business manager.
W. r. RuggIes, member of the last house
from Edmunds county and editor of the
Ipswich Gazette, was married Thursday
evening last to Miss Maude Sewers.
Owing to some delay in finishing the
buildings, the opening of the fall term of
the Agricultural college at Brookings has
been deferred one week, or till "Wednesday.
September 21st.
Rapid City Journal: The Mandan PIo-
neer will make war on Judge Francis, and
with persistency that is singularly mex
occupy the bench.
Aberdeen News: It is reported unon
good authority that Colonel Plummer and
5. j: Small will sever their connection with
the Pioneer this week Saturday. Where
they will go and what they will do they
Lave uOG announced.
The extension of the Northwestern road
to Gettysburg has been delayed until the
hrst OF next month, for the reason that the
company cannot get rails enough to finish
up: The road is now ironed and compIeted
to Seneca, rs miles east of GETTYSBURG.
As an illustration of how the yield of
gram IS turning out in Dakota, one thresher
named Nattimer reports as follows: Total
number OF acres of wheat threshed to
date. $40 acres, yield 1882 bushels. aver
age 26H bushels to the acre. Oats, aver
age 5S% and barley 81.
The jamestown Alert has changed to an
evening paper instead of morning daily "A
hereto ore Editor Kellogg argues that he
can give the people of jamestown better
paper by this change. The Alert is a yery
ported by the citizens Of the James river
valley.
The ten.mile equestrian race, by ladv
riders, for purse of $500, offered by the
department OF agriculture of North Da-
kota, to take place at the annual fair at
Grand Forks, September Goth to Ath. will
OF itself doubtless attract visitors from the
entire northwest, inasmuch as it will be a
granu e exni1lGlon OF the powers of endur-
ance OF both horse and rider.
A notice placed on the frontdoor of L.O.
Ga1e1s E1es -, drug, g book and jewelry store at
Mlteheil, Thursday, conveyed the intelli-
gence that the place was closed by virtue
OF three chattel mortgages to A. M. .Bowdle
OF Mitchell, and Fuller & Fuller Co. and
!a !Lapp p y " Fleischman of Chicago, aggregat-
ing $o,069; This is undoubtedly the finest
store of the kind in the territory. Its in.
terror terror is simply palatial and the stock
large and varied.
The democrats of Ward county met the
other day to organize for the next cam
paign. The following central committee
wa was selected; j. B. Roark, chairman;
Ihomas Mullen, secretary; j. j. Long,
treasurer; William Hope, Eugene Coleman,
John NJ. Caphlis, Fred G. Webber, Cyrus
Francis and Edward E. Anderson. 1t is
said these are energetic young men, en-
thusiastlc In the democratic faith, and pro-
along the banks of the Mouse in the next
campaign that even the oysters will fall
into line to terrorize the g. o.p.